Beit Midrash

Loneliness and Faith

A Palace in Flames

Holy People, Holy Land

Listen, Really Listen

21. The Dangers of Pride

Just as “cleanliness” must reside in deeds, so must it reside in traits. The work involved in changing one's traits is more difficult than that involved in changing one's deeds. This is because changing traits means doing battle with one's own nature.

Fear of Sin - Punishment and Loftiness

Ideally, a person should distance himself from sin due to God's loftiness. How can man, God's own handiwork, even consider acting in opposition to the will of his Creator? Such fear, fear of God's loftiness, befits wise and enlightened individuals.

43. Cautiously Stringent

Pious individuals follow the more stringent rulings and sway clear of all doubt. However, it is precisely here that a truly pious person must be on guard. He must be careful that his stringent practices do not lead him to belittle the lenient rabbis.

21. The Dangers of Pride

Just as “cleanliness” must reside in deeds, so must it reside in traits. The work involved in changing one's traits is more difficult than that involved in changing one's deeds. This is because changing traits means doing battle with one's own nature.

Does G-d Care About Us

Shiv'a de-Nechemta: The Philosophy of Comfort and Redemption - 5

Yeshayahu's word give the impression that G-d does not care about us and allowed the destruction to take place.

Uniting Intellect and Emotion in the Beit HaMikdash and Religious Zionism

Ein Aya Shabat Chapter B Paragraph 40 (p1)

Intellectuals tend to be more universal and less patriotic, but Jewish nationalism, aiming to raise morality, combines the two and speaks to the rational and emotional.

"Master of Wars, Who Causes Salvation to Sprout"

God runs the universe, and everything that He does is for the best. He is the "Master of Wars" and war must therefore have a constructive purpose in the world.

Kibutz Galuyot and Self Hatred

Shiv'a de-Nechemta: The Philosophy of Comfort and Redemption - 2

In the same verse, Yeshayahu talks about coming back to Israel and self hatred. This bring two opposite explanations.